Unscramble PICKAXES to get 168 words. PICKAXES itself is a real word: 23 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PICKAXE, 22 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PICKAXES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 4 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with PICKAXES letters: PICKAXE, 22 points.
CAPEX tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PICKAXES at 16 points; next come PAXES and PIXES on 14. SPACE, SPEAK and PICKS will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from PICKAXES, APEX leads with 13 points, then PACK and PECK on 12. CASE, PICS and SKIP are the familiar ones.
KEX tops the 3-letter words from PICKAXES at 14 points; next come PAX and PIX on 12. ASK, SIX and SEA will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of PICKAXES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with PI · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
PICKAXES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PICKAXES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PICKAXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 168) | 141 | 167 | 136 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
25 of the 168 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAPEX, ASPICK, KIPES, SAICK, SAXE, KIPE, SPEK, KAIES, SCAPI, AKES, CAPI, EIKS and 13 more. 7 of the 168 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ICKS, PAKS, ACK, PAK, SIKA, KIS and KI. 1 of the 168 answers is missing from Scrabble US: SPICK. 1 of the 168 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: SPIK.